But for large part of society they don't understand technology. Technology or science should be simple to understand, humans developed language- that is also a technology to me(do we really need a science degree to understand those things). For some reason large population thinks of tech people or scientists in general as nerds or geeks and that it is not cool to them. I think the flaw is in outdated primary education and the way we define education. And the portraying of science people as nerds or confused people on TV further exaggerates this.

We can't blame governments per say, for a democracy to work properly everyone has to participate, and part of the newer generation will eventually become the future government. In order to participate, you have to understand how things work. If people are not taught how to think critically early on and they're either caught up in making a living or watching and following bunch of trendy celebrities on twitter and tv, it is not going to happen.

A bigger fear is that the most robust currencies get screwed up, i.e., what might be loosely defined as a global financial system. If that were to happen, then the benefits of "good" money could simply vanish, i.e., prosperity.

I'd love to make personal finance and some basic economics be part of K-12 education. I'll bet college would suddenly get cheaper. ;-)